• It felt extra festive to be running interviews on christmas eve. The joviality of the season balancing the seriousness of the meeting.
• Its commonly understood that its going to be a memorable christmas when you get woken up by your 5-year old at 2.30 am on Christmas morning. Even with multiple instructions to stay in bed until the clocks read at least 6. Her excitement vibrating her around the apartment.
• Baileys can be used, in an emergency, to light a Christmas pud on fire. Not well, but it’ll do.
• a fair few musical gifts appeared for the kids this year: electric guitar, DJ set, karaoke machine. I’m not sure how this will work long term in our modern apartment block. Already the volume is creeping upwards, a competition between the kids to be able to hear themselves over each other.
• We’re in the annual road trip portion of the xmas holidays. The back seat of our rented polestar dusted with crumbs, toys and wrappers.